My favorite Stones album is

[VGNonly]

Exile on Main Street.

The layered sound incorporating rock, country, soul, gospel, rockabilly, boogie-woogie...

The great sideman Nicky Hopkins and Bobby Keys, the background vocals.

Mick Taylor's playing with seemed to invigorate Keith.

Mick's singing in Let It Loose.

[Raftergirl]

1. Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street in no particular order. Beggars Banquet would be next.

[Redleg]

2. All great albums

It is hard for me to pick. I guess it depends on my mood.

[VGNonly]

8. Beggars Banquet

Brian Jones played a variety of instruments on BB, but his best track was slide guitar on No Expectations. Substance abuse and a deteriorating mental state led to his demise. Her only played some small bit parts (congo and autoharp) on Let It Bleed.

[Wiz Imp]

3. Never got the popularity of Exile on Main Street.

Let It Bleed is by far the best for me.

[Cartoonist]

4. Great album

The Stones never did anything as good after letting Taylor go.

[WA-03 Democrat]

6. Agree

Mick T was the best guitar player for the Stones. His lead on “Sway” is a dream.

[Earl_from_PA]

5. Some Girls.

I wore it out, played so much.

[Morbius]

7. Exile on Main Street for me, too.

It has a rare quality: it gets better every time I listen to it.

The Stones had a string of incredible LP's: Between the Buttons, Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, Goats Head Soup, and It's Only Rock & Roll. Seven albums over eight years, and all amazing. They became a mere shadow of what they used to be, but back in the day there was no one better.